The Notebook: The point of non-executive directors? Common sense June 19, 2024 Neil Bennett takes the notebook pen to talk about common sense, Dominic Grieve and his own idea for national service.
Royal Mail: Has privatisation delivered success for crown jewel as £3.5bn takeover looms? June 2, 2024 A decade after it was privatised, Royal Mail is poised for another major shake up - but how has it fared since its last sale?
Met to deploy 80 detectives over Post Office scandal May 27, 2024 The Metropolitan Police is set to deploy 80 detectives to investigate the Post Office Horizon IT scandal, despite expectations that any criminal prosecutions on the incident could take years to come in.
Paula Vennells: Former Post Office chief denies she ‘ironed away disturbing complaints’ May 22, 2024 Former chief executive Paula Vennells has denied the Post Office used methods to “iron away” some “very disturbing complaints”.
Post Office cratered from UK’s sixth most trusted finance brand to 135th amid Horizon scandal May 20, 2024 The Post Office has plummeted from the UK’s sixth most trusted finance and insurance brand to 135th place, pollsters have found.
Post Office inquiry: Ex-communications boss admits old emails attacking journalists now look ‘ludicrous’ May 14, 2024 Inquiry counsel Julian Blake presented a large number of emails exchanged between Davies and other Post Office employees over several years.
Post Office appoints former Camelot boss as interim chair May 1, 2024 The former boss of former National Lottery operator Camelot has been appointed as the Post Office's interim chairman, following the bitter departure of his predecessor, Henry Staunton.
Campaigner Alan Bates proposes private prosecutions over Post Office IT scandal April 13, 2024 Former subpostmaster and campaigner Alan Bates has said he will pursue private prosecutions against those responsible for the Horizon IT scandal if the inquiry does not pass a file to prosecuting authorities. The inquiry resumed this week with Mr Bates giving evidence and on Friday he told the Times he would be willing to crowdfund [...]
‘Not me, guv’: Tory peer ‘frustrated’ at government response to Post Office concerns, inquiry told April 10, 2024 A Conservative peer who has campaigned for the victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal told the inquiry he was “frustrated” at the government’s response when he raised concerns.
Post Office scandal: Alan Bates warned Ed Davey in 2010 about ‘thugs in suits’, inquiry told April 9, 2024 The Post Office has disclosed more than 73,000 documents to the inquiry into the Horizon IT scandal in a “highly disruptive” disclosure, the inquiry heard.